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ABRAHAM VAN einen AND eAnRE'r VAN mene, or BERGEN COUNTY, New Jensen.'

SPLINT-MAGHINE .non aASKEi-S- l Specification of Letters Patent No.5,5319, ,dated y,Qcterber 2, '1847.

To all when?, if may concern l 'Be it known that we, ABRAHAM VAN 1 Rinneand GARIgnT VAN Rinne, of the .county of Bergen, in the IState of vNewJersey, have invented a. new and useful improvement in lcut it intoboards, or plank, of such thickness yas shall be yequal to the wid-th ofthe spjlint that we intend to .cu-t. When the timber is perfectly green,or unseasoned, it may be cut withoutlfirst subjecting it to the processof steaming; but mest commonly it Twill be found necessary to steam -i-tbefore Submitting it to the action ef lthe machine. The boards., orplank, so prepared, lwe confine between horizontal rails, orcheck-pieces, so that its edge may be exposed to the opera'- -tien ofthe oblique cutting knife that V"is to be passed along it; and we soarrange the machinery by which the 'knife `is made -to traverse back andforth, as -that it shall do so while `the motive power continues to actin the same direction; the manner in Which we construct this reversingapparatus constituting a main fea-tureof our improvement. We also employan apparatus of circular knives for thev purpose of dividingb thesplints which have been cut by the lirst operation, into such widths asmay be necessary to adapt them to the particular purpose to which theyare to be applied; and as we generally append these circular knives, andthe apparatus 'by means of which they are made to operate) to theprincipal machine, so that they may be driven by the same m0- tivepower, we have so represented it in the l accompanying drawings, andintend tov describe it in this specification.

In the annexed drawings Figure l, is an end elevation of the machine.Fig. .2, a perspective View thereof. Fig. 3, represents the underside ofthe stock, or knife-holder, with l the cutting knife placed diagonally,this figure being drawn on a scale much enlarged.

' A, A, ings. 1, and a, s el@ driving an@ tou-which. the-motive power isapplied, this axle 'havin on its enda 'loose pulley'b, and

a fixed pul: ey `Ab" around which'passes a belt e, -thatmay 'be shiftedfrom one of them te the other, IWhen-it is desired to stop the malchine,or to set iti-n motion. 'G, G, is a drum or pulley on the axle A, whichdrum carries two belts F, andGr, that embrace the lfast and loosepulleys D D", d, d. on the axlevE. l

The pulleys l), D', '3 ing those that are fast to the axle, the belt G,is crossed so as to giye -a --Inetion the reverse of that giyen by 'thebelt F. "The pulleys D, TD', are not 4to be action at the same time.Upon one end ,of the axleE, there is a pinion H, (Fig, which gears intothe spur wheel fixed 'upon the axis L, L, (Figs. l, and 2') ,aroundVfvvfhic'h wind two cords fm, and .m5, .one vcf lthem m, havingV itsouter end fastened to one end of thestock, or knifeholder e, as seen atil, -(Fig. 2") and the other m', to its opposite end g, iser-ving toydraw it backward and forward; .the cord mf, that is .to .dra-w it back,passes around a pulley w.

A', A', is the frame .of the machine, ,and B, iB', Fig. 2, :the rails,.or checks, "which ,embrace between them, the plank, or board (o, o,fromevhich the splints are to be cut, which :board maybe heldin lacebythe screws E', E', By reversing the motion of the i axis L, the motion.of lthe knifefca-rrier will be reversed. i

The manner iny which -we arrange and aflix the cutting knife is showndistinctly in 'Fi 3, in which A, A, show-s the ydiagonal kni e I screwedat b, and ,at ff, tothe stock, or

holder B. By means of the screws bf, bfrf'f,

` the* knife maybe .adjusted to the desired thickness of the'splint tobe .cut The knife I Y L helderis Aguarded by a plate of metalic', `c,.and has 1a' l oov'e R, l, iin it to receive the edge 'of the' plank A0,@,ffFig 2;); .65 Fig.- 2',

. The belt V,fpasses over a pulley Y, which -carries the axle Y', on;which axle there-are is a throat, or opening, inthe knife holder`through which the splint is to pass as it is separated by the knife.

Theapparatus shown n part in Fig. 1, but more 4fullyinl Fig; '2, bymeans ofv which we divide the splints cut by the main machine into suchwidths as we may desire, either for the filling, in basket work, or forother purposes, we willnow describe. Upon the axis A, A, Figs. l, and 2,is fixed a drum, or pulley'u, u, which ycarries belts V, and V', thelatter of which is crossed.

shown three circular knives c', c', 6"', but there may be more or fewerof these as may be desired, so as to dividethe splints into two, three,or more widths. The belt V', drives a pulley X, on a feed roller X',above` which is a similar roller R", between which rollers the splint,is to Vbe received as itis cut into strips, which strips may be passedseparately through guide grooves in a guide piece S, (Fig. 2,). Thefeeding rollers -are geared together by pinions m, (Figs.` l and 2) asection of the feeding rollers witlrthev splint passing between them,and one of the vcutting knives is shown at Fig. 1a.

Wewill now describe the mannerin which we arrangethe apparatus forreversing the motionof the cutting knife while that of;

the driving shaft is continuous, H, Figs. 2 and 4a is astandard risingfrom the frame of the machine at lits outer end, and `H', Fig. 2, asimilar standard rising fromthe frame in the `part represented. R, R',are two cords, one end of the cord R, being made fast to the standard H,and its other end to the lower part of the frame, as at pFig.

2. The cord R', is made fast by one endv to the standard H', and by itsother to the lower part of the frame, as at X', Figs. 2

i Fig. 4a..

and 4a; the'direction of the cord R, is designated by its being coloredred, while that4 marked R', is colored black. To the back edge of thestock, or knifeholder, is permanently attached a vertical bar, orstand'- ard Z,'Z, Figs. 2, 3, and 4a, which bar extends above and belowsaid block in the manner represented in the drawing. Thisy bar carries apulley K', at its upper end, and

which cords cross from one of themtothe other, as represented bythedotted lines in Aff, A", in thisiast figure is a Sidingpiece,.('shownseparately in Fig. 4;). which is placed under the rail B',B', Fig. 2, and may be confined to said rail by means' of a screw 22"",passing through a slot a',ia, this sliding piece is to be moved back andforth `by means of the vertical bar Z, Z, attached tothe knife-holder,which as it is made to vtraverse with said holder will be brought intocontact, alternately, withpins t, z5', project-ing out fromtheslidingpiece; the pins at, ',-may be shifted into different holes inthe sliding,y piece, aecordingto` the length of the stuff to be cut. Thesliding pieceis 4attachedvby means of ay joint pin p' (Fig. t)

to a vertical post C", the lowerend of which l is rounded, andy isfreetorock in the piece 1*, which receives said end; the post C", is

connected to the vertical partD", by means ofja piece E", mortisedintothe latter, and

i having on its outer end a pin e", that passes loosely through a .holein thepost G"-,f `the `post D", turns on the pinsc", at both its ends,said pins entering corresponding holes in theframe of themachine; Intothe upper end of the post D" is mortised the vpiece of timber F, and atright angles to thisis -attached the bar Gr', G', by a Joint pin at` fi;

the end S', of the bar G', slidesfreely through a inortisein the frame,and is seen at jS', Fig. l. Under this arrangement it will be manifestthat the rocking of the piece C", will give a sliding. motion tothe barG', andas this bar is to embrace the edges of the belts F,` F, and Gr,G, it may be inadefto shift them from the fast pullleys D, D', to andfrom thel loose `pulleys d, and el', on the axle E, (Fig. 1;) y, g,Figs. 1 and 4, is a notch in the bar G', that embraces the band F; andf,f,`are two pinsthat embrace the band Gr; and -under thisvarrangementit will be readilyseen that one of these bands will be shiftedwfrom thefast. to the loose pulley, and the other fromA the loose to the fast`pulley simultaneously, by the action of the vertical bar Z, Z,;V on thepins 2S', t'; and that the required reversing motion will be thusattained, the shaft L, L, that cai-ries the cords m, and m', which areateffected, and the machine thereby adapted to the cutting of stuft' ofdifferent lengths as herein set forth; said combination consistingprincipally of the vertical bar Z,at tached to the stock orknife-carrier; Vand the slide A", operating on the vertical posts iio C,and D, so as to cause the bar G, that embraces the belts F, and G, toshift said,

belts, Aunder an arrangement of parts substantially the same With thatherein fully made known. We do not claim to be the inventors of areversing motion, such motion being common to many machines, but Welimit our claim as above set forth, to ther particular combination byWhich We have adapted it to our machine; not intending, however, tolimit ourselves to the exact Yform of the respective parts, asrepresented, l

but to vary these .as We may think proper, While We attain the same endby means substantially the same.l

ABRAHAM vAN RIPER. GARRET vAN RIPER.

